First to dk60902: I went to Hirens website to check what it contains & looks hefty! I prefer a smaller solution, for now.

To kurtdriver: I'm looking now at 'chntpw' as a possible best solution since this's a one-time problem for me. The thing is to d/l, installing it in a pendrive & go there & been able to use it...

To rcrsn51: Yes I looked at it a couple of times already. Think something that has slowed me down with this is the idea of finding, resetting (clearing) a small space within a file & saving it back seems to be very common a task but, for some reason with this issue its' complexity is augmented drastically. The thing is clearly that I don't understand the problem properly... &, since that machine is needed for a serious business is not the platform (for me) to try 'inventing'.

Thanks again! In at most 2 days more I'll decide one way or another. I'll post the results below. If any other ideas/insights pops up include them below because I'll be watching.

Edit: BTW, is it possible to use the following with PL431 &/or PL528 without having to add anything extra to the referenced Puppy?

Quote:

sudo apt-get install chntpw

I already tried this command with & without the sudo option but it failed to execute in PL 528._________________Sony VAIO VGN AR250G Notebook + 512MB RAM.
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To dk60902: I tried finding 'chntpw' from the PL525 PPM & it isn't there. Thanks anyway, you made me remember that I have other distros at my reach right here..._________________Sony VAIO VGN AR250G Notebook + 512MB RAM.
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Do you think if I d/l that file, put it within my DSL pendrive (which boots already there) it will run under DSL?_________________Sony VAIO VGN AR250G Notebook + 512MB RAM.
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I d/l & transferred it to 3 diskettes but even though it ran at the other computer it never recognized the disk drive in it. I tried it from DSL but it did not run with it &, for no apparent reason, tried 2 different puppy live cds (431 & Lupu) but neither started there this time even though at least one of them ran there a couple of weeks ago. Now, today, I imagine that trying to run a live cd with something in a usb port might interfere: had the deb in a cfcard as well as the diskettes for the sake of having 2 choices or at least a kind of backup.

Think another solution should be tried...maybe I'll try Hirens cd._________________Sony VAIO VGN AR250G Notebook + 512MB RAM.
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I d/l & transferred it to 3 diskettes but even though it ran at the other computer it never recognized the disk drive in it. I tried it from DSL but it did not run with it &, for no apparent reason, tried 2 different puppy live cds (431 & Lupu) but neither started there this time even though at least one of them ran there a couple of weeks ago. Now, today, I imagine that trying to run a live cd with something in a usb port might interfere: had the deb in a cfcard as well as the diskettes for the sake of having 2 choices or at least a kind of backup.

Think another solution should be tried...maybe I'll try Hirens cd.

I have the CD and .iso at home, I believe. I'll see if it's small enough to email. It might be 10 mb or so. Perhaps there is a compression program to send it. I'm haven't converted to a .zip or tar ball before, but I'll see what I can do._________________HP P6115y/AMDX2 2.5 GHz/8GB RAM/750GB/WinVista Home Prem SP2 64 bit Dual Monitor (Saluki23 w/ Compiz|Slacko533 PAE w/ Compiz USB stick)
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I'm now almost ready to try a diferent solution: kon-boot. If this doesn't helps I'll go for Hirens solution or, if you kindly, extract the app from yours & make it available that would be.

In any case, I'll keep the issue updated._________________Sony VAIO VGN AR250G Notebook + 512MB RAM.
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I've d/l & extracted the contents of konboot to a cfcard, Semme; there're 2 files in the floppy version (one of them is a non-essential txt file & the other's an .img file, while for the other d/l there's an .iso file & the txt file mentioned above.

My question now is how can I make a bootable floppy of konboot from the machine that just boots DSL? Better yet, can I make the cfcard bootable itself (with konboot)?

The other day I was experimenting for the first time with Virtualbox in PL528.005 & tried to boot DSL, Win98 & FreeDOS but, at the end, just FreeDOS booted up. Is there a value for me using virtualbox in the VAIO (have not a diskette driver) if the HP laptop has a working floppy driver?

I'm feeling so spent with these issues that I might not be thinking reasonably sound! Could you help defogging the mist? Thanks in advance for any advice!_________________Sony VAIO VGN AR250G Notebook + 512MB RAM.
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I've read your post but fail to understand it:
1) don't understand the reference PL528, do you mean if I've other distros in this VAIO?
2) what it means that of "downloading packages to somewhere she will have access"? The other machine?

After visiting the links at the bottom of your post my reflection points to the idea of you thinking I'm wanting to run chntpwd here within PL528 & this isn't the case: I wanted to run it as a standalone app in the affected machine which it did, but failed to recognize the hdd. If I'm wrong here & those dependencies aren't for running the app but for acquiring more useful disk drivers I need a verification from you to this end.

Thanks for any additional info on this subject matter; I still have the prepared diskettes for chntpwd even though I'm in the process of trying konboot there._________________Sony VAIO VGN AR250G Notebook + 512MB RAM.
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